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enNPR Boosts Pro-Abortion Group's Blitz For Hillary Clintonhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2016/10/06/npr-boosts-pro-abortion-groups-blitz-hillary-clinton
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>NPR&#39;s <em>Morning Edition</em> on Thursday donated four minutes of air time to pro-abortion group EMILY&#39;s List, and helped it promote its ad blitz to elect Hillary Clinton and other left-wing Democrats. Renee Montagne played a clip from one of the organization&#39;s ads, and gave its&nbsp;president,&nbsp;Stephanie Schriock, a platform to hype Mrs. Clinton as a &quot;a champion for women and families.&quot;</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 01:19:20 +0000Matthew Balan153811 at http://www.newsbusters.org'Well, Boo Hoo!' NPR Reporter Hyped Trump Denying WashPost Credentials, Ignored Dems Doing Same Thinghttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2016/06/16/well-boo-hoo-npr-media-reporter-mocks-trump-over-denying-credentials
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik slammed Donald Trump as a crybaby who can&#39;t handle rude press coverage in a Tuesday interview on <em>Morning Edition </em>dedicated to Trump denying press credentials to <em>The Washington Post.</em></p>
<p>Midway through the interview, when asked if Trump had a point about the tone or quality or the <em>Post</em>&rsquo;s coverage, Folkenflik snidely said &ldquo;Well, boo hoo&rdquo; to the presumptive Republican nominee:</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:43:42 +0000Tim Graham130736 at http://www.newsbusters.orgEven Liberal NPR Covers EPA Fracking Study as ABC, NBC Punthttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2015/06/05/even-liberal-npr-covers-epa-fracking-study-abc-nbc-punt
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>NPR&#39;s <em>Morning Edition</em> on Friday actually covered the EPA&#39;s new report that found that fracking for oil and natural gas &quot;has not caused widespread pollution in drinking water,&quot; as host Renee Montagne put it. The liberal public radio network&#39;s report came as ABC and NBC maintained their blackout on the study on their morning and evening newscasts.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 22:21:41 +0000Matthew Balan89456 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Reporter Declares: 'Ready or Not, ObamaCare Rolls out as Planned'http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2013/10/07/npr-reporter-declares-ready-or-not-obamacare-rolls-out-planned
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During the Friday episode of National Public Radio's <em>Morning Edition</em>, co-host Renee Montagne stated that the past several days had been “a charged week at the Capitol,” which led fellow co-host David Greene to declare: <strong>“Still, ObamaCare rolled out as planned.”</strong></p>
<p> Millions of people have shopped for insurance on the new marketplaces called exchanges since opening day on Tuesday, they noted. Officials said it was evidence of high interest. However, others have criticized the fumbling start, which involved computer glitches and errors, saying <strong>the Affordable Care Act “was not ready for prime time.”</strong></p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 04:23:34 +0000Randy Hall63608 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Pressed to Correct False Rape-and-Pregnancy Story by Daily Beast Boss Tina Brownhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2013/09/06/npr-pressed-correct-false-rape-and-pregnancy-story-daily-beast-boss
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Washington Post media blogger <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/09/06/npr-runs-tina-brown-correction/?wprss=rss_erik-wemple&amp;tid=pp_widget">Erik Wemple</a> recalled Daily Beast boss Tina Brown hate-tweeting her former Washington bureau chief Howard Kurtz: “am I forgetting something or didn’t I fire you for serial inaccuracy?”</p>
<p> “That was a bit of classlessness that simply wasn’t going to go unpunished,” Wemple wrote. “And now the journalism gods have spoken, via a correction that is available on NPR.” On a Thursday interview on Morning Edition, Brown made a very dramatic error, falsely claiming a pregnancy by rape of a journalist in Somalia, as anchor Renee Montagne announced on Friday's show:</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:05:52 +0000Tim Graham62944 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR's 'Non-Partisan' Talking Head Served in the Obama and Clinton Administrationshttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2013/08/19/nprs-non-partisan-talking-head-served-obama-and-clinton
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On Monday's <em>Morning Edition</em> on NPR, Minnesota Public Radio correspondent Elizabeth Stawicki featured Karen Pollitz of the Kaiser Family Foundation during a report about ObamaCare, but failed to mention the left-leaning political affiliation of the organization. Stawicki merely labeled the foundation "<strong>non-partisan</strong>".</p>
<p> The public radio journalist also failed to mention that Pollitz is an <a href="http://kff.org/person/karen-pollitz/" target="_blank">alumna of both the Obama</a> and Clinton administrations, and previously worked for two Democratic politicians.</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:14:21 +0000Matthew Balan62569 at http://www.newsbusters.orgHigh NPR Star Salaries Curb the Appeal of Small-Dollar Donationshttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2013/07/23/high-npr-star-salaries-curb-appeal-small-dollar-donations
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The next time a public-radio station goes into pledge-drive mode and begs listeners to chip in $100 for those snazzy premiums like <a href="http://shop.npr.org/use/bags/the-nina-totin-bag">the Nina Totin'-Bag</a>, it would be wonderful if, in the spirit of balance and fairness, they would read off some salary numbers for NPR stars. Do people on modest incomes really want to chip in $25 to make sure an anchor can take home $375,000?</p>
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Instead, pledge-drive announcers often plead that stations need donations to pay for program fees, not anchor salaries. Blogger and news-app developer<a href="http://www.andymboyle.com/2013/07/21/an-updated-look-at-ira-glass-and-other-public-media-salaries/"> Andy Boyle</a> pored over a few IRS 990 forms and revealed some of the highest-paid public radio poobahs:</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:25:27 +0000Tim Graham61938 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Ballyhoos Sequester's 'Definite Minuses', Potential 'Bigger Negative Effects' on the Economyhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2013/06/03/npr-ballyhoos-sequesters-definite-minuses-potential-bigger
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The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel channeled the Obama administration's doom and gloom about the sequester on NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em> on Monday. Host Renee Montagne turned to Wessel to give a "reality check" on the sequester's current and future economic impact. The journalist cited how unnamed "economic forecasters...say they're worried that <strong>the effects of this spending restraint may have bigger negative effects</strong>" later this year.</p>
<p> Wessel harped on the "lots of little ways" the sequester has impacted people around the country, including the "<strong>bathroom in a national park where the toilets have been closed in some places</strong>" and how <strong>"the military is mowing grass less often at bases</strong>."</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:48:31 +0000Matthew Balan60868 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Touts Leftist Groups' Protest of Israeli Company SodaStreamhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2013/02/04/npr-touts-leftist-groups-protest-israeli-company-sodastream
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On Monday's <em>Morning Edition</em>, NPR's Larry Abramson boosted an "<strong>international boycott movement</strong>" against Israeli company SodaStream without mentioning the left-wing ideology of the organizations behind the protest. Abramson merely described the boycott organizers as "<strong>supporters of Palestinian rights</strong>."</p>
<p> The correspondent featured a soundbite of a December 2012 anti-SodaStream protest in Boston, but failed to mention that the demonstration was <a href="http://www.justicewithpeace.org/node/4167" target="_blank">organized by Jewish Voice for Peace</a>, whose <a href="http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/advisory-board" target="_blank">advisory board</a> includes far-left notables such as Noam Chomsky, Eve Ensler, and Tony Kushner.</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:01:19 +0000Matthew Balan58127 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Boosts 'Fireproof' Hillary's Possible 2016 Run; Two Clinton Associates the Only Talking Headshttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2013/02/01/npr-boosts-fireproof-hillarys-possible-2016-run-two-clinton
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Mara Liasson hyped Hillary Clinton as "<strong>the most popular politician in the country</strong>" on Friday's <em>Morning Edition</em> on NPR. Liasson asserted that "t<strong>here's no question that being out of politics for four years has enhanced her political reputation</strong>," and devoted her report to touting how the supposedly "<strong>fireproof</strong>" Mrs. Clinton's experience as secretary of state would make her a "<strong>field-clearing frontrunner</strong>" in the 2016 presidential race.</p>
<p> The NPR journalist played soundbites from just two pundits during the segment, both of them close political associates of the Clintons: former White House Press Secretary Dee Myers, and Geoff Garin, who was the chief strategist for the former First Lady's 2008 presidential bid. Liasson merely identified Garin as some one who "<strong>has worked for Clinton in the past</strong>."</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:55:39 +0000Matthew Balan58081 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Ignores Obama Super PAC's Cancer Death Ad; 'Truth Squadding' Romney Welfare Adhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2012/08/08/npr-ignores-obama-super-pacs-cancer-death-ad-truth-squadding
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On Wednesday's Morning Edition, NPR <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2012/08/08/all-three-networks-skip-sleazy-obama-super-pac-ad-blaming-romney-wom" target="_blank">followed the example of its Big Three counterparts</a> in failing to cover a new ad from a pro-Obama super PAC that points the finger at Mitt Romney for a woman's cancer death. Instead, the liberal radio network sent correspondent Ari Shapiro to "<strong>do some truth squadding</strong>" about the Romney campaign's latest ad slamming the Obama administration on welfare reform.</p>
<p> Shapiro slanted towards the Democratic campaign's spin of the Romney ad, and concluded that the White House's move on welfare work requirements was "<strong>poor form by the Democrats, perhaps, but not the same at gutting welfare reform</strong>."</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:49:58 +0000Matthew Balan53933 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR's Shameless Plug for Michelle Obama's 'Workout Mix' http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2012/06/08/nprs-shameless-plug-michelle-obamas-workout-mix
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Don’t think National Public Radio isn’t on the bandwagon of “state-run media” that run oozy profiles that make the Obamas more “friendly and personable” than the Republicans. On Thursday’s Morning Edition, NPR anchor Renee Montagne shared with the country the <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/06/07/154453176/michelle-obamas-workout-jams-i-really-mix-it-up">First Lady’s “Workout Mix”</a> – since she’s the national fitness nanny.</p>
<p> The three songs recommended weren’t the story – some Beyonce, some Stevie Wonder, and for some reason Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair.” The story, based on an NPR interview in the White House garden, was all about promoting her “Let’s Move” publicity campaign and how it’s amazing the First Lady finds time for fitness in her fabulous life:</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:46:24 +0000Tim Graham52559 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Touts Leftist Campaign Against 'Hardline Conservative Policies'http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2012/04/05/npr-touts-leftist-campaign-against-hardline-conservative-policies
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On Thursday's Morning Edition, NPR's Peter Overby slanted towards a left-wing coalition targeting the conservative group ALEC. Overby trumpeted how Coke and Pepsi succumbed to pressure from the <strong>"campaign to put a spotlight on companies that sell products to a public that might object to hardline conservative policies, such as 'stand your ground' laws or requirements that voters show a photo I.D</strong>."</p>
<p> The correspondent featured representatives from two of the groups in the coalition- ColorOfChange and Common Cause- and labeled them as a "<strong>civil rights group</strong>" and a "<strong>good government group</strong>" respectively. He also made only one passing reference to their political ideology- that they were part of "<strong>progressive groups and shareholder activists</strong>."</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000Matthew Balan51101 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR Omits Liberal Affiliation of Pro-'All American Muslim' TV Critichttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2011/12/13/npr-omits-liberal-affiliation-pro-all-american-muslim-tv-critic
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Tuesday's Morning Edition on NPR slanted toward TLC's controversial "All American Muslim" series by playing sound bites from two who support the reality TV show versus only one opponent. Correspondent Elizabeth Blair also failed to mention that one of the supporters works for the left-leaning Center for American Progress, while clearly identifying the opponent as being from a "<strong>conservative</strong>" group.</p>
<p> Host Renee Montagne noted in her introduction to <a href="http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2011/12/20111213_me_14.mp3?dl=1" target="_blank">Blair's report</a> that "criticism against the home improvement chain Lowe's isn't letting up. It started after Lowe's dropped its ads from the reality TV show, 'All-American Muslim,' in response to pressure from a <strong>conservative Christian group</strong>. Now, an online petition has nearly 20,000 signatures, calling on the store to reinstate the ads."</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:56:09 +0000Matthew Balan48627 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNPR: 'Hard for Democrats' to Call for Resignation of 'Bulldog' Weinerhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2011/06/08/npr-hard-democrats-call-resignation-bulldog-weiner
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NPR's Renee Montagne touted the Rep. Anthony Weiner sex scandal as a "<strong>dilemma</strong>" for Democrats on Wednesday's Morning Edition. Correspondent Andrea Seabrook also underlined how it was apparently "<strong>hard for Democrats to call for his resignation</strong>" because the New York politician is a "<strong>bulldog</strong>" for their issues.</p>
<p> Montagne used her label during an introduction for <a href="http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2011/06/20110608_me_04.mp3?dl=1" target="_blank">Seabrook's report</a>, which put the Weiner controversy in the context of other Washington sex scandals: "The New York Democrat admitted earlier this week that he had inappropriate exchanges with women online, exchanges that included sexually explicit pictures. He also said he will not resign his House seat. As NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports, <strong>that poses a dilemma for his Democratic colleagues</strong>."</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:43:00 +0000Matthew Balan44578 at http://www.newsbusters.org